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Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary
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Second Edition
By
Raymond Bradley, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Included in series
International Geophysics,
Description
Raymond S. Bradley provides his readers with a comprehensive and up-to-date review of all of the important methods used in paleoclimatic
reconstruction, dating and paleoclimate modeling. Two comprehensive chapters on dating methods provide the foundation for all paleoclimatic
studies and are followed by up-to-date coverage of ice core research, continental geological and biological records, pollen analysis,
radiocarbon dating, tree rings and historical records. New methods using alkenones in marine sediments and coral studies are also described. Paleoclimatology, Second Edition, is an essential textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying climatology,
paleoclimatology and paleooceanography worldwide, as well as a valuable reference for lecturers and researchers, appealing to archaeologists
and scientists interested in environmental change.
Audience
Undergraduates, researchers, lecturers, professionals and classes in archeology, palynology, geology, geosciences, geological research
methods, paleoecology, paleooceanography, paleoclimatology, climatology, climate modeling, glaciology, geomorphology, geography, earth
sciences, environmental sciences, oceanography, astronomy, meteorology and Quaternary sciences; archeologists, scientists, and government
and agency officials who deal with issues of global environmental change.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Paleoclimatic Reconstruction
Introduction
Sources of Paleoclimatic information
Levels of Paleoclimatic analysis
Modeling in Paleoclimatic Research
Climate and Climatic Variation
The Nature of Climate and Climatic Variation
The Climate System
Feedback
Mechanisms
Energy Balance of the Earth and Its Atmosphere
Timescales of Climatic Variation
Variations of the Earth's Orbital Parameters
Dating Methods I
Introduction and Overview
Radioisotopic Methods
Dating Methods II
Paleomagnetism
Dating Methods involving Chemical
Changes
Biological Dating Methods
Ice Cores
Introduction
Stable Isotope analysis
Dating Ice Cores
Paleoclimatic Reconstruction From
Ice Cores
Marine Sediments and Corals
Introduction
Paleoclimatic Information From Biological Material in Ocean Cores
Oxygen Isotope
Studies of Calcareous Marine Fauna
Relative Abundance Studies
Paleotemperature Records From Alkenones
Dissolution of Deep-Sea Carbonates
Paleoclimatic Information From Inorganic Material in Ocean Cores
Coral Records of Past Climate
Thermohaline Circulation of the Oceans
Ocean Circulation Changes and Climate Over the Last Glacial-Interglacial Cycle
Changes in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: The Role of the
Oceans
Orbital Forcing: Evidence From the Marine Record
Non-Marine Geological Evidence
Introduction
Loess
Periglacial Features
Snowlines
and Glaciation Thresholds
Mountain Glacier Fluctuations
Lake-Level Fluctuations
Lake Sediments
Speleothems
Non-Marine Biological Evidence
Introduction
Former Vegetation Distribution From Plant Macrofossils
Insects
Pollen analysis
Introduction
The Basis of Pollen Analysis
How Rapidly Does Vegetation Respond to Changes in Climate?
Pollen Analysis of a Site: The Pollen Diagram
Mapping Vegetation Change: Isopolls
and Isochrones
Quantitative Paleoclimatic Reconstructions Based on Pollen analysis
Paleoclimatic Reconstruction From Long Quaternary
Pollen Records
Dendroclimatology
Introduction
Fundamentals of Dendroclimatology
Dendroclimatic Reconstructions
Isotope Dendroclimatology
Documentary Data
Introduction
Historical Records and Their interpretation
Regional Studies Based on Historical Records
Records Climate
Forcing Factors
Paleoclimate Models
Introduction
Types of Models
Sensitivity Experiments Using General Circulation Models
Model Simulations:
18ka B.P. to the Present
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model Experiments of the Thermohaline Circulation
GCM Paleoclimate Simulations and
the Paleo Record
Appendix A: Further Considerations on Radiocarbon Dating
Calculation of Radiocarbon Age and Standardization Procedure
Fractionation Effects
World Wide Web-Based Resources in Paleoclimatology
References
Index
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Hardbound, 613 pages, publication date: FEB-1999
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-124010-3
ISBN-10: 0-12-124010-X
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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